Meet Lewis: Home and Garden Shop Cat

Lewis the shop cat on the job.

Lewis, the friendly store manager at the Downtown Home and Garden in Ann Arbor, MI, is back to work. The 15-year old manager, an orange tabby cat, went missing for a few days, said Mark Hodesh, the store's owner.

Everyone loves Lewis and the news was distressing. The shop posted "Missing Cat" signs and made an appeal to the community on Facebook and Twitter.

Several days after the cat disappeared, two girls walked into the shop with him, reported AnnArbor.com. Perhaps he was taking a little time off; he was found lounging in someone's yard.

Lewis modeling on Downtown Home & Garden's website.

 

 "Lewis has regular visitors," Hodesh said. "He means a lot to a lot of customers. He gets his fair share of mail from people. People driving south to north even come into Ann Arbor just to pet Lewis, then get on the road again."

Lewis has an intuitive understanding of how to provide good customer service. Soon after Lewis returned to work a customer left him a Facebook message:

"It was so nice to meet Lewis today! I'll be back later in the week to get his opinion on a new office plant."

Photo credit of Lewis: Downtown & Garden Facebook page